Robert
Morris ends Mount Mercy run at Clarke Holiday Tournament
Posted
12/28/07 4:46 PM
Kelli Dabroski |
Chelsie Patik |
DUBUQUE, Iowa
-- Robert Morris College (Ill.) shot 58 percent from the floor
while building a 14-point halftime lead and ended Mount Mercy
College's seven-game winning streak at the Clarke College Holiday
Tournament with an 84-64 defeat of the Mustangs Friday at the
Kehl Center.
Two-time defending
champion Mount Mercy (4-10) had won seven straight games at the
Clarke Holiday Tournament since a 79-73, second-round loss to
Tri-State University (Ind.) on Dec. 29, 2004. The Mustangs will
face the University of Illinois at Springfield at 1:00 p.m. on
Saturday. The loser is out of the tournament, while the winner
will play a third game on Sunday.
Junior guard
Kelli Dabroski led Mount Mercy with 20 points. Senior forward
Chelsie Patik added 12 points, junior guard Jessie Dirks 11. Dirks
also grabbed a team-high five rebounds. Patik and junior forward
Katie Manning had four each, but Robert Morris outrebounded the
Mustangs, 39-28.
Janesha Washington
poured in a game-high 26 points for Robert Morris. Jerita Gordon
chipped in 21 points, Tonesha Members 11. Sharena Atkinson hauled
down eight rebounds, while Washington and Ashley Banks dished
out four assists apiece.
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Clarke Holiday Tournament coverage, click
here.
